ASA UPDATE
Change happens. Shortly after attending my first Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) and National Council on Aging (NCOA) in Chicago this year and starting my new job as president and CEO of ASA, I learned that one of ASA's most effective and popular staff members had accepted a new job.
Paul Takayanagi, who had also long been involved in ASA as a member, directed ASA programs in diversity, education and training, as well as managed the 2007 Joint Conference program. However, Paul's first career love has always been providing direct services, so he couldn't pass up an offer to head a social service program across the bay from San Francisco in …